Old Mole Variety Hour

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective
Hosted by: 
Patricia Kullberg, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

 

Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Frann Michel, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

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Topic tags: 
Activism, Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Labor, Legislation, Environment/Climate, Government/Politics, Energy/Natural Resources, Economy, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Arts/Culture, Fiction, Film, Movement for Racial Justice, Indigenous, Housing/Homelessness, Health, Disability, COVID19, Education, Community Building
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Radical Musicology: afrocentric 1960s avant-garde jazz and Black Radicalism

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement talks with Old Mole radical musicologist, Brad Duncan, about music heard through out the May 28th Old Mole. We hear from Amiri Baraka ("Come Back Pharoah"), Joe McPhee ("Nation Time"), Sun Ra ("Astro Black"), and Artie Shepp ("Blues For Brother George Jackso... Read more

Obama's Change Of Heart & How Marriage Equality Re-Affirms The Status Quo

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Well-read Red, Denise Morris, challenges the way that marriage (not to mention participation in the military) has become the center-piece of the LGBT movement and what it means for how we think of equality for all groups. She argues that whether proponents of gay marria... Read more

Book Mole: later novels of Wallace Stegner

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews the signifance of Wallace Stegner's wide-ranging vocation as a writer and teacher. Stegner wrote short-stories, biographies, novels, literary and environmental criticism. Stegner was a creative writing teacher to many powerful writers, such as Ken K... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 05/21/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge will host this show and the topics include-- Portlanders working together to improve their neighborhoods: an interview with Mark Lakeman of City Repair; The Greek economic meltdown: Bill Resnick talks with Costas Panayotakis about the battl... Read more

Alternatives to Austerity

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Costas Panayotakis is an economist, sociologist, ecologist, writer, activist, playwright and actor.  He is the author of Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy, and he talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how austerity policie... Read more

ALEC and Government by Corporation

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Here is all you need to know about ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council -- the corporate funded and corporate-run group that writes bills for right-wing legislators to take home and enact into law.  Well-read Red Frann Michel makes it all crystal clear.  You ... Read more

Transformation of Work

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 As the opportunities for paying jobs get fewer as the working-age population grows, more folks are turning to the off-the-books economy.  Clayton Morgareidge reads from this blog post by Laura Flanders about what that might mean for the future of work.   Read more

City Repair and Village Convergence

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Neighbors in Portland are transforming and using the common spaces between homes.  Mark Lakeman, one of the founders of City Repair, talks here with Bill Resnick about the work of his organization and what it means for community life.  They have a wonderful website.   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Many thanks to all you listeners who contributed to KBOO during the Spring Membership Drive!  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole which deals with austerity policies in Greece and around the world, how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 05/14/12

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts this Membership Drive Special edition of the Old Mole in which he talks with a biologist about what industry, especially agriculture, puts into the air and water we breathe and drink, and what we can do about it. Also on the show, Clayton Morga... Read more